These university researchers are working on a face mask that could kill coronavirus on contact

These university researchers are working on a face mask that could kill coronavirus on contact

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Updated: 11:24 AM EDT May 16, 2020

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UK professor De Bakker Bhattacharya, or DB, for Short, is leading the team that's developing a mask they say would kill the Corona virus on contact. Really exciting because but keep in mind it is a team, or the idea is that the enzymes and the anti viral membrane mask would attach to the spikes on the novel Corona virus. Then the enzyme would separate those spikes, killing the virus. D B says the mask would be non toxic and very thin. You can breathe easily. Okay, The National Science Foundation is giving a $150,000 grant to create the masks. That funding is a challenging Grand Onda very happy regard that the grant starts on June 1st and D B says his goal is to have a prototype ready in the fall. Kristen Edwards L E x 18 News

Researchers at the University of Kentucky are working on creating an antiviral mask that could kill the coronavirus on contact.Professor Dibakar Bhattacharyya is leading the team in developing the mask.The mask has a thin design, and the antiviral membrane mask would attach to the spikes of the coronavirus, separating the spikes and killing the virus on contact."You can breathe very easily," Bhattacharyya told WLEX-TV.The National Science Foundation is giving a $150,000 grant to create the masks.Watch the video above to learn more about this story.

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Researchers at the University of Kentucky are working on creating an antiviral mask that could kill the coronavirus on contact.

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Professor Dibakar Bhattacharyya is leading the team in developing the mask.

The mask has a thin design, and the antiviral membrane mask would attach to the spikes of the coronavirus, separating the spikes and killing the virus on contact.